{"id":130600,"date":"2024-07-10T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130600"},"modified":"2024-07-10T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:58:48","slug":"church-times-hope-and-dismay-at-c-of-e-general-synods-move-towards-stand-alone-blessings-for-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130600","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Hope and dismay at C of E General Synod\u2019s move towards stand-alone blessings for same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Together for the Church of England, an organisation that speaks for a number of groups promoting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/lgbtsexuality\">LGBTQ+<\/a>&nbsp;inclusion, welcomed the vote, and pledged to continue engaging in the process of refining the detail of the proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement expressed hope that those who opposed the changes would likewise continue to engage \u201cwith honesty and kindness, as they have so far, in order that we may seek together for the welfare of the whole Church of England\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, the national director of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), Canon John Dunnett, said on Tuesday that it was \u201cdeeply disappointing\u201d that the motion had been passed, \u201cdespite hearing repeatedly in speeches of the need to build trust by avoiding bad process, and CEEC\u2019s continued advocacy of the insufficiency of delegated arrangements\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2024\/12-july\/news\/uk\/hope-and-dismay-at-synod-s-move-towards-stand-alone-blessings-for-same-sex-couples\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two prominent umbrella groups have given their response to the General Synod\u2019s decision to endorse plans for stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and delegate episcopal ministry for opponents to the changes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VMuOfV8Yvz\">https:\/\/t.co\/VMuOfV8Yvz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/1810970715480326588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Together for the Church of England, an organisation that speaks for a number of groups promoting&nbsp;LGBTQ+&nbsp;inclusion, welcomed the vote, and pledged to continue engaging in the process of refining the detail of the proposals. The statement expressed hope that those<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=130600\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[576,389,635,168,184,514,112,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-church-of-england-coe","category-coe-bishops","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-parish-ministry","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130602,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130600\/revisions\/130602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}